It's not a great photo his hair gets in the way, he doesn't have a Klingon goatee, he has a proper beard which will reduce the Klingon effect.

I would have liked Thorin to have a large regal beard and a bit more grey to match the vision I had in my head., but so far I'm confident in the movie, these dwarves look good.

Can anyone else see Del Toros influence in these designs? because I'm sure I can.

fish that roared -> Klingon (18/7/2011 11:57:06 AM)

He has a definite klingon vibe which is a pity as most of the dwarves, not the emo ranger, look fantastic.

trainedasninja -> (18/7/2011 12:40:44 PM)

Looks awesome but kinda looks like a dwarf version of Aragorn

roogieman -> Nice but.. (18/7/2011 2:02:52 PM)

he looks kind of a like a Pirates of the Caribbean/Musketeer Goth

danbo1138 -> Not enough beard (18/7/2011 5:54:52 PM)

not good enough.

Varkko Stush -> Somebody call the NSPCC (18/7/2011 6:50:20 PM)

That line about the Spectrum game just made me spit a mouthful of chewed omelette at my 3 year old. She now looks like the Swamp Thing. Thanks Empire.

ErisLovesMovies -> RE: Klingon (19/7/2011 3:56:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: fish that roared

He has a definite klingon vibe which is a pity as most of the dwarves, not the emo ranger, look fantastic.

Dead on, he looks totally Klingon. Hopefully in action he will look less like Gowran.

Phatbeast -> It's gonna be great... (19/7/2011 8:03:37 PM)

Quite frankly a majority of you are talking shit...Klingon? Surely Klingons look like Dwarfs but a bit taller..lets face it Dwarfs were here first! Beards!? For fucks sake.. as far as I'm concerned all the Dwarfs look great... this story is very close to my heart as its the first proper book I read (at 6 years old) and I know Peter Jackson will be true, along with kicking it into 21st century cinema as he he did with Lord of the Rings.

DustyOR -> (21/7/2011 12:56:49 AM)

I am much more interested in what they intend to do about the elves He almost overlooked them in his first three films to give more and more and more, ad nauseum, time to the hobbits........